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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Published: 4 January 2007
 

The Mental Health Bill will see a return to Bedlam
Don’t return to days of Bedlam

Anna McHugh reveals her ordeal when she was held against her will simply for complaining of depression


WITH a bureaucrat’s characteristic blend of cagey statements and solemn threat-pushing, David Taylor tells us that “in some cases the new compulsory mental illness treatment provisions the government is... > more
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COMMENT AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
 
Unelected and unaccountable

WE have long suspected that civil servants at the Town Hall have been prone to interfere in matters which should be of none of their concern.
Who should run the Town Hall? Obviously, the elected councillors.
From time to time, however, we have warned over the years that some unelected officials have not restrained themselves from telling elected councillors what... > more

Don’t let the council divide us on housing
- I TOO am very glad to read the debate about housing sparked off by the CNJ article (Transplant patient fights to stay ... > more

They’re giving the family silver away
- CAMDEN Council seems to have acted like generous benefactors bestowing favours to private developers at the... > more

Having nothing to do does not excuse this vandalism
- YOUR report about the criminal vandalism by graffiti yobs at Camden Town station is alarming for a... > more

Canal-side refurbs are for the best
- DEL Brenner was one of many people who turned up at the consultation meetings on the City Road Basin regeneration... > more

Bush and Blair are just as guilty as Iraq’s Saddam
- SADDAM Hussein’s execution will not bring peace or stability to the country but what strikes me is the... > more

A new venture for me
- THANKS to John Gulliver for his story last week but parking was a small – and not by some distance the most important – part of the environment... > more

Speak out against bus
- FURTHER to Sue Pritchard’s letter (Speak out to prevent changes to bus route, Dec 28), I write to advise residents of Prince of Wales... > more

Public health is vital in tackling inequalities
- THE CNJ is to be congratulated for giving such extensive coverage to Camden’s latest Public Health Report... > more

Well done Brian
- IS Julian Fulbrook the only councillor who has the courage to defend Councillor Brian Woodrow’s reputation (Anger at ‘churlish’ memo accusing... > more

Kids need to eat better
- REGARDING your article about deprivation and obesity last week, one only has to look at kids today. > more
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